Wheel for road-vehicles.



No. 67-7 ,2I5. Patented June 25, I90l. H. HUULDSWDRTH, B. HOLMES &. F.WHITAKER.

WHEEL FOB ROAD VEHICLES.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HENRY HOULDSIVORTH, RICHARD HOLMES, AND FEATHER WHITAKER, OF

KEIGHLEY, ENGLAND.

WHEEL FOR ROAD-VEHICLES.

SFEGIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent N0. 677,215, dated June25, 1901.

Application filed December 81,1900. Serial No. 41,600. (No model.)

To (Z6 whom it rncty concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY HoULDsWoRr RICHARD HoLMEs, and FEATHERWHITAKER, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, and

residents, respectively, of Manville Terrace, Park Lane, and Holkerstreet, all in Keigh ley, in the county of York, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Wheels for Road-Vehicles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to wheels for roadvehicles of the class used withWheelbarrows, hand-trucks, and like vehicles, wherein the wheels aresubjected to considerable strains by reason of the varied directions inwhich the forces they have to Withstand are brought against or to actupon them through the many movements and varied and irregular conditionsunder which they are employed; and

the object of our invention is the production of a wheel that shall besufficiently strong to withstand all such actions and yet shall be aslight as or lighter than those as heretofore constructed, while the costof its production shall be comparatively small.

We attain the object of our invention by following the method ofconstruction hereinafter described, and as illustrated by theaccompanying sheets of drawings, in which-- 0 Figure l is a sideelevation of a wheel of the class usually employed in connection withwheelbarrows, but which is constructed in ac cordance with ourinvention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionof the parts shown by Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the wheelconstructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the axial parts as removed from the wheel. Fig. 6 is a side eleovation of a portion of the wheel to show how the parts are formed to bejoined together. Fig. 7 is a vertical section illustrating amodification hereinafter explained.

Similar letterspf reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In carrying our invention into efiect the wooden arms or spokes a aremade in separate parts, all of equal thickness and formed to converge inthe center I), where they fit 5o firmly against each other, as shown byFig.

6, their other ends being let into their respective fellies in the usualmanner. In order that said spokes may fit firmly against and sustaineach other at their inner ends without depending upon any additional orseparate part or element, their inner or converging ends are beveled andpointed, so that their points may meet at the center of the wheel.

The converging ends of the spokes a are se cured together by theclamping-pieces 0 cl, mounted on both sides to have bolts f to passthrough them, to be there secured by the nuts g, by which means thesesaid spokes are more firmly held and are enabled to more firmlywithstand any strains or forces acting upon them than when constructedas heretofore. The clamping-pieces c d are formed of cast metal and haveprojections or protuberances h, constructed integrally with them, sothat while acting as clamping-pieces to bind and firmly hold the spokesor together they also form an appropriate, substantial, and thoroughly-eflicient axle to support the wheel during its rotations or use,and one that cannot 7'5 deteriorate, become loose, and fall out ofposition as, readily as do those as heretofore employed, and yet theircost of production and the cost of displacing any of the spokes shouldby accident or otherwise any one of them be 86 broken or damaged is lessand entails less labor than does the displacement of said usual kind ofaxles and spokes.

Instead of using the boltsfand nuts g for securing the clamping-pieces,pins of Wrought 8 metal is may be cast into one or other of the pieces 0or d, as, say, the one 0, while their other ends may enter openings madein the other piece d, to be there firmly clenched or riveted to holdsame as desired, as shown by 0 Fig. 7.

Having thus described the nature and object of our said invention, whatwe claim is'- 1. A wheel of the class described having its spokesbeveled and pointed at their inner or 5 converging ends and bearingagainst each other with their points meeting at the center of the wheel,and means for retaining the spokes in said relative positions.

2. A wheel of the class described having its roo spokes beveled andpointed at their inner or converging ends and bearing against each otherwith their points meeting at the cen- I ing-pieces with pins or rivetscast into one of ter of the Wheel, clamping-pieces resting them andformed to be clenched upon after against opposite sides of the spokes,and passing through the other of them and means for securing saidclamping-pieces and through the other part of the'wheel substan- I5 5spokes together. tially as herein specified.

3. In a Wheel of the class described, spokes HENRY HOULDSWORTH. made toradiate from a central position, clam p- RICHARD HOLMES. ing-piecessecured to said spokes, and pro- FEATHER WHITAKER. jections on saidclamping-pieces to form the Witnesses:

IO axle of the Wheel substantially as specified. SAMUEL HEY,

4. In a wheel of the class described, clamp- PIoKLEs BAILEY.

